Presentations start tomorrow.

All three components of the project are due today.
Use today to prepare for your final presentation.
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Senior Finals and Presentation Schedule

Presentation schedule is as followed:
Wednesday, May 13th-
Gabe                      Tyneshia
Alex                       Taratire
Whisper                 Evan
Alexis                    McKenzie
Garrett                   Chris
Matt                       Karla
Amanda                 Alexie
Meggan                 John
Carly

Thursday, May 14th-
Lindsey               Nash
Andy                   Ryan
Amber                  Nolan
                            Hailey
                            Kylie
                            Elizabeth

Friday, May 15th- 
Justin
Drake
Bailey
Sydney
Regan

Remember- Dress is business attire. You will also need a handout for each classmate, plus instructor. 

PROPOSAL,OUTLINE, and ANNOTATED BIB are all due in hard copy form on TUESDAY at the beginning of your class. Please staple them together in ^ this order. Have it ready when you walk in the door on Tuesday. 

Annotated Bibliography and Research Proposal Examples

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION

RESEARCH PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

RESEARCH PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS


Remember- Review presentation examples and instructions. They are all located under the month of December posts. Go over to archived posts to find quickly.

Frankenstein Questions To Ponder!

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The NovelNotice the epigraph from Paradise Lost. What impact does this have on your reading of the story?
What is at stake in Mary Shelley’s tale of the novel’s inspiration and creation?

The FrameWhy do we hear Walton’s voice first and last? What kind of man is he?
Is our location important? Where are we?
Why is this novel written in letters? What does it mean to write a letter or tell a story? (Epistolary)
Consider that we hear Victor only through Walton and (until the very end) the monster only through Victor. Are these narrators reliable?

Education of Young MonstersParallel the education of Victor and his creation.
How is Victor educated? What does he desire to know?
Contrast Victor’s interests with Henry’s.
Read the chapters in which the monster details his education carefully. How is he like a child here? How unlike?
What does the monster learn from the deLaceys? What do we learn?
Why are the specific books the monster finds important? What do they each teach the monster?
How is the monster like Adam or Lucifer? How is he different?

Race, Class and GenderWhat kinds of critique of race, class, and gender does the novel attempt?
How is this complicated?
Consider Justine’s role as a woman, servant and orphan.
Why does the monster frame Justine?
Two of the women in the story are foreign-born. What might this mean?
What information and what kind of opportunities are available to the women in the novel?

The BodyConsider the physical nature of characters and things in the novel. The monster, the dead bodies, etc.
What does it mean to be made as the monster is made, from pieces?
What affect does his work have on Victor’s body?

Friends, Family, MoreWhat is the importance of friends and family in the text? For Walton? For Victor? For the monster?
What impact does his mother’s death have on Victor? Read his dream. When does he dream it?
How are familial relationships presented throughout the novel?
Do you notice anything incestual about Victor and Elizabeth’s relationship?
How is Victor’s relationship to mankind different from the monsters? Does he see this distinction?

Love, Marriage and SexIn what ways are love and sex constructed by the novel?
Consider the positions of Madame Frankenstein, Elizabeth and Safie in entering their marriages. What is unusual here?
Consider the scene in which Victor destroys the female monster.
What does the monster mean when he tells Victor “I’ll be with you on his wedding night?”
How is the bridal scene represented? Why?
How could the monster be read as Victor’s id?

Invention, Creation, and ChildbirthWhat is the difference between invention, creation and childbirth?
Do you agree with the idea that the monster is an invention rather than a creation? Why or why not? What defines either?
Read the creation scene. Consider it both in light of Biblical creation or physical childbirth.
Consider Victor as both a godlike creator and a mother.
What is the role of the feminine or female in the creation of the monster?


The “Extraordinary Man” and EgoWhy does Victor do what he does? Why does he believe he has the right? Is Walton similar?
Do you believe Victor’s representation of himself?
Why doesn’t Victor defend Justine with the truth?
Consider the myth of Prometheus. Were his actions justifiable? Why or why not?

The End
Who is the “good spirit” that leaves food out for Victor during his pursuit?
How does the monster respond to Victor’s death and why?

Hamlet Criticism and Soliloquies

For Wednesday/Thursday....

1. Read the essay by AC Bradley on Hamlet. Open link right. Read Lecture 3. Sections 2-4.

soliloquy — from the Latin solus ("alone") and loqui ("to speak") — is a speech that one gives to oneself. In a play, a character delivering a soliloquy talks to herself — thinking out loud, as it were — so that the audience better understands what is happening to the character internally.

2. You will go through the soliloquies of Hamlet. They are found here: Hamlet Soliloquies 

With each soliloquy, you need to identify the following things:

• Why does Shakespeare use soliloquies to reveal characters' thoughts?
• Why is it important that the character is alone on stage during the soliloquy?
• What is the major theme of this soliloquy
• What is the tone of this soliloquy
• What major allusions does Hamlet make? 
• How does this soliloquy answer what has happened in the plot... or hint at what is to come?
• Does Shakespeare utilize irony in anyway? 
• What rhetorical devices are employed? Parallelism? Rhetorical Questions? Repetition? 
• What do we learn about the character?